Madonna Tours Impoverished Malawi School In $2800 Chanel Sweatsuit (PHOTOS)

Madonna arrived in Malawi Sunday morning on her Gulfstream V in her bid to adopt a toddler girl named Mercy.

After arriving she toured an impoverished school but refused to talk to reporters. She was, in the words of the AP, "dressed casually" in a black velour tracksuit and white fedora. But that casual look costs about $2,800.

A look at the photos shows her dressed-down attire is a Chanel tracksuit, tone-on-tone labels blazing from her shoulder and the stripes down her leg. Huffington Post placed a call to the 57th Street store in New York Monday with a casual inquiry, and a helpful saleswoman priced a similar ensemble at $2,800.

A zip front jacket is $1,600 and the pants about $1,200. A cheaper alternative to the one Madonna wore in Malawi is the $1,200 pullover jacket. Currently the store is stocking the velour in gray. They also have the tracksuit in cashmere for several hundred dollars more. Chanel clothing is not available online.

Madonna appears to have recycled the white fedora from 2006.

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Madonna as she toured the school:

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Madonna's plane lands in Malawi Sunday morning:

Comments

[lmvd3]

Good one! So completely inappropriate, and clueless to the world beyond herself.

[kolorkin]

i dont care what some of you say, it is still inappropriate. the people in malawai may not care but the rest of the world will see it - hello - cameras!. she should know better.

[StoryTime]

Lots of clothes celebrities get to wear are gifts.
But anyway, this is her lifestyle and so on, but maybe at least she could have chosen something to wear that did NOT read the brand...(in this case Chanel).
Other than that it might be shocking but she's rich and successful, that's her lifestyle...

[ramblin jack]

So Maddona is supposed to dress in what something from wal mart? Get serious and stop wasting time on this bull.

[JacklynD]

When is the last time you built a school and contributed millions to help care for children and orphans?

Wikipedia

Malawi is among the world's least developed and most densely populated countries. The economy is heavily based in agriculture, with a largely rural population. The Malawian government depends heavily on outside aid to meet development needs,..

Malawi has a low life expectancy and high infant mortality. There is a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, which is a drain on the labor force and government expenditures, and is expected to have a significant impact on gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010...

[noticex]

Sorry, but what Madonna does, has an affect on our culture and our children. We are all inter-connected, especially today. It is like saying the building of the bomb was a personal decision, or wars are the perogative of countries involved, or child abuse does not affect us miles away. Not true it does affect us. Everything that any individual does affect us all but especially ones that are in the limelight, like Madonna. Here is a woman that has 100 of million dollars or more , and her so called act of good will is to go to a poor country and remove a child. If she wants to really play the good guy, why doesnt she give money to poor people there, or give it to the United Nations, that certainly knows how to really help children in this world. She made her millions by showing sex and more sex and then more sex. That is her only claim to fame, inendating our Media with sex. Basically saying have fun and forget world's problems.

[JacklynD]

Madonna provides a great deal of money to the country. Millions. She fell in love with the little girl two years ago. No one else has adopted her. She is hardly ripping the child out of someone's arms.

[omobob]

Stop her before she adopts again. Or a new reality show "Celebrity Adoptions?.

[mightbesane]

So what?

If she'd worn Old Navy jeans the headline would have read: Madonna Dresses Down in Effort to Appear Like One of the Girls.

Silly waste of time.

[lynnn]

Breaking! Americans lounger in their sweatshop clothing. Some smoke cigarettes- most tobacco combs from CHILD SLAVE LABOR (in Africa). Need I go on?

[AngelFace43]

What??

[BroMan]

This would only be news if she were a "welfare mom." So what. She can afford to wear whatever she chooses. Jeez...

[fanifesu]

Just because you can afford something does not mean it's not a waste of money, or that it is not wasteful. Some people need to know -or- learn what's appropriate, morally or otherwise.

[JacklynD]

and you are the authority?

[tailgateshirts]

what an exclusive article!!! wowwow

[bokiluis]

I am absolutely no fan.....but what is wrong with her wearing whatever she chooses. Though I cannot bear her personality any longer, she has worked hard and she does not have to apologize to HuffPost or anyone for her wardrobe. Ridiculous!

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

So? What's the big deal? Is she supposed to shop at WalMart? If she can afford it, wear the darn suit. It's what she likes.

[FantasyAC]

I think with all the good she's trying to do there, WHATshe wears shouldn't make a difference. She looks great!

[missjabez]

Wow, that tracksuit doesn't look worth $ 2800, but if she wants to spend that much on casual wear, that's her business.